S5-1J - Fourrés et landes-garrigues thermoméditerranéens

Thermo-Mediterranean brushes, thickets and heath-garrigues

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Lentisc-dominated or lentisc-rich scrub and related formations with Olea europaea var. sylvestris, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus spp. and Rhamnus lycioides subspecies, Myrtus communis, Rubia spp., Asparagus spp., Phillyrea spp., Osyris spp., Bupleurum spp., various oaks (Quercus ilex, Quercus coccifera and other species), Calicotome spp., Laurus nobilis, Helichrysum italicum and other species widespread in the whole thermo-Mediterranean zone (except the arid Iberian Southeast: unit S541). A few extremely distinctive habitats formed by facies of these formations, distributed throughout large portions of their range, are separated under units S51K-S51M. Other characteristic habitats are classified as subunits of this unit according to the dominant species.

Bibliography

 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)